[Tlhingan-hol] ghargh'a Doq Hud'a' je -- wa' vI' wa'DIch

[Robyn Stewart]

> On Jun 22, 2014, at 18:40, Gaerfindel <gaerfindel at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 6/22/2014 9:19 AM, Robyn Stewart wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> On Jun 22, 2014, at 5:32, Gaerfindel <gaerfindel at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>>> On 6/20/2014 2:47 PM, Gaerfindel wrote:
>>>> I'm sure that by now everyone has seen the duel between Gregor "The               Mountain" Clegane and Oberyn "The Red Viper" Martell.  That's exactly what I'm going to *attempt* to describe in Klingon.  Wish me luck!
>>> So after much hel -- particularly with the difference between {lung} and {ghargh} -- I've reworked the first part of the tale: The Call to Attention.
>>> 
>>> {Qoy!  Qoy
>> 
>> Is Qoy an order or a statement?  The former would be clearer with an imperative prefix. Also if it's an order, putting the vocative before the order kinda makes sense. As in: hey you, do this. 
>>> Hoch jupwi'pu'! 
>> 
>> -pu' is type 2. -wI' is type 4 and spelled incorrectly.
> 
> So basically: {Qoy!  juppu'wI' yIQoy!

Have another look at the verb prefix table. 

>> 
>>> SeymoH lut.  pIlmoH lut.  DunmoH
>> 
>> nuq DunmoH?
> Meh. I could have gone with just {Dun} "be wonderful", here.

HIja'. 

>>> 'ej 'IQmoHbogh lut.
>> With the type 9 this becomes a sentence fragment.
> So much the same with above?  {'ej 'IQmoH} "and tragic" (lit. "causes sadness")

maj.

>> 
>>>   Haychu'ta' ghargh Doq HuD je lut Samuch!}
>> 
>> A comma between elements in an anded list helps readability.
> Noted.
>> 
>> You also need punctuation between the two sentences. yap . : ; ghap. 
>>  
>> "A red/orange serpent/worm and a mountain duel to the death" and "I present you with the story.". 
>> 
>>> 
>>> Whaddya think?
>> 
>> lut'e' vIlaD 'e' vIloS. lutvam vISovbe' 'ej lutmey vItIv. 
>> 
>> -Qov
> qatlho'
> 
> ~quljIb
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